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NewsPeter Fonda boards I Ride Alone for Rock On! Films
New York-based Rock On! Films has cast Peter Fonda to star opposite Talia Shire in I Ride Alone and will commence sales at AFM.
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NewsSpain’s Antena 3 joins Woody Allen’s Stranger
Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 has boarded Woody Allen’s new London project as a co-producer. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is currently in post-production.
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NewsXavier Gens to direct action thriller The Fallout for ContentFilm
On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.
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NewsTrent Haaga readies revenge thriller Chop for LA shoot
Deadgirl writer Trent Haaga will make his feature directorial debut on the revenge thriller Chop.
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NewsConsidine, Hawkins board Submarine
Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins will star in Warp Film’s Submarine, which started shooting today in Cardiff, Wales (October 26).Michael Sheen, who was originally connected with the project, is no longer attached.Submarine is the debut feature of British director and Screen Star of Tomorrow Richard Ayoade. Adapted ...
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NewsFilm4 promotes Sam Lavender to head of development
Film4 has promoted Sam Lavender to head of development. He replaces Katherine Butler, who was promoted to senior commissioning executive in September.
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NewsRoxburgh, O’Connor star in UK-New Zealand co-production Ice
The UK’s Power and New Zealand’s Screentime, both predominantly television companies, have teamed to produce the disaster epic Ice, set in 2020.The film is based on the book by James Follett, directed by the UK’s Nick Copus (The Day Of the Triffids) and stars Australian actors Richard Roxburgh and Frances ...
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NewsRay Winstone and Temuera Morrison join thriller Tracker
Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison will star in manhunt thriller Tracker, which starts shooting next week in New Zealand.
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NewsFilming underway in Vancouver on 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days
Principal photography has commenced in Vancouver, Canada, on Stage 6 Films and Ghost House Pictures’ vampire sequel 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days.
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NewsVillage Roadshow sells Greek division for $74.9m
Dimitris Kontominas, the media tycoon that acquired Village Roadshow’s Greek business earlier this month, has revealed plans to invest $30m (€20m) in the company over the next two years.
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NewsPinewood's $327m expansion plans rejected
Pinewood Studios’ plans for a major $327m (£198m) expansion of its UK site have been rejected by the local council.
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NewsChan teams with monks on $30m action epic Shaolin
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse will head the cast of $29.28m (RMB200m) action epic Shaolin, which marks the first time in 27 years that a film has been authorised to shoot in China’s legendary Shaolin temple.
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NewsIndependent boards We Need To Talk About Kevin for AFM
Luc Roeg’s Independent Film Company has picked up international sales on Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin to star Tilda Swinton.
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Matrix stuntman to head cast of China Film’s Kung Fu Man
The Matrix series stuntman Tiger Hu Chen is set to star in a Chinese-language action drama Kung Fu Man, financed by China Film Group and Chinese private investor He Gang.
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MRC gets behind next sci-fi film from District 9's Neill Blomkamp
Media Rights Capital (MRC) is getting into business with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp and will back an untitled sci-fi project from the in-demand South African.
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NewsPierre-Ange Le Pogam addresses Production Finance Market
Veteran French producer and co-founder of EuropaCorp, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam made a rare UK appearance today to give the key note address at the 3rd Production Finance Market today (October 21).
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NewsF&ME and Dominic Murphy reveal new projects
Film and Music Entertainment and director Dominic Murphy have added Iain M Banks’ adaptation A Gift From The Culture and an untitled Bronte project to their slate of films.
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NewsChow Yun-fat to star in Jiang Wen’s Let The Bullets Fly
Chow Yun-fat has joined mainland Chinese actor Ge You in the cast of Jiang Wen’s action comedy Let The Bullets Fly.
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NewsMonica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn join The Whistleblower
Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn have been cast alongside lead Rachel Weisz in Larysa Kondracki’s The Whistleblower, a Canada-Germany co-production.
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NewsSales and co-production under the spotlight at TIFFCOM
The Japanese film industry grappled with how to sell films to the international market and collaborate with its neighbours in East Asia on the opening day of the TIFFCOM market in Tokyo (Oct 20-22).